Yet another random tip.
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randomnessIn China, you should examine the sunscreen products carefully before you buy them. Available sunscreen often includes skin lightening additives. That's probably not what you want.
I noticed this while I was looking along the drugstore shelves for dry skin cream*. (Watsons, CapitaRetail Mall, Xizhimen.)
Another reported problem is that many local brands don't work, but that's a general problem with products in China.
*Also, you'll need plenty of moisturizer for Beijing. The city is dry, dry, dry: particularly in winter, but also early spring, late fall, etc.
I noticed this while I was looking along the drugstore shelves for dry skin cream*. (Watsons, CapitaRetail Mall, Xizhimen.)
Another reported problem is that many local brands don't work, but that's a general problem with products in China.
*Also, you'll need plenty of moisturizer for Beijing. The city is dry, dry, dry: particularly in winter, but also early spring, late fall, etc.
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Date: 2011-11-07 03:29 am (UTC)You're forgetting the era of tanning. AFAIK, it started some time after WW I (at least in France), and only went out of fashion in the last decade due to the drumbeat of skin cancer warnings.
Of course, the driving force was urbanization: Once lots of poorish people worked in offices, the ability to spend time in the sun tanning became a sign of affluence.